Augusta 45916 222338260 2008-06-28T20:24:11Z JAnDbot 1725149 robot Adding: [[cs:Augusta]] {{Wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''Augusta''' can mean: ==Augusta as a place name== Augusta, a feminine form of the name of the [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]] [[Augustus]], is also part of the original [[Latin]] names of many ancient places. As populations spread, they took the names with them. ===In Australia=== *[[Augusta, Western Australia]] *[[Port Augusta, South Australia]] *[[Shire of Augusta-Margaret River]] ===In Canada=== *[[Augusta, Ontario]] *[[North Augusta, Ontario]] *[[South Augusta, Ontario]] ===In Europe=== ;Augusta alone *[[Paphos]], Cyprus *[[Augusta (Italy)]], Sicily *Historical name for the Croatian island [[Lastovo]] ;Augusta pronomen *[[Augusta Treverorum]]: Trier, Germany *[[Augusta Vindelicorum]]: Augsburg, Germany *[[Augusta Perusia]]: [[Perugia]], Italy *[[Augusta Praetoria Salassorum]]: Aosta, Italy *[[Augusta Taurinorum]]: Turin, Italy *[[Augusta Raurica]]: Kaiseraugst (Augst), Switzerland *[[Augusta Traiana]]: [[Stara Zagora]], Bulgaria *[[Augusta Suessionum]]: [[Soissons]], France *[[Augusta Viromanduorum]]: [[Saint-Quentin]], France ;Augusta cognomen *[[Bracara Augusta]]: Braga, Portugal *[[Emerita Augusta]]: Mérida, Spain *[[Caesar Augusta]]: [[Zaragoza]], Spain ===In the United States of America=== *[[Augusta, Arkansas]] *[[Augusta, Georgia]] **[[Augusta National Golf Club]], home of The Masters Tournament *[[Augusta, Illinois]] *[[Augusta, Kansas]] *[[Augusta, Kentucky]] *[[Augusta, Maine]] (capital city of Maine) *[[Augusta, Michigan]] *[[Augusta, Missouri]] *[[Augusta, Montana]] *[[Augusta, New York]] *[[Augusta, New Jersey]] *[[North Augusta, South Carolina]] *[[Augusta, West Virginia]] *[[Augusta, Wisconsin]] *[[Augusta County, Virginia]] *[[Augusta Township, Michigan]] *[[Augusta Township, Minnesota]] ==Augusta as a personal name== * [[Augusta of Saxe-Weimar]] (1811–1890), German Empress * [[Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein]] (1858-1921), German Empress * [[Augusta of Denmark]] (1580–1639), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp * [[Augusta of Cambridge]] (1822–1916), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz * [[Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]] (1719-1772), later Princess of Wales * [[Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales]] (1737-1813), later Duchess of Brunswick * [[Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom]] (1768-1840) * [[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel]] (1797-1889), later Duchess of Cambridge * "Lady Augusta", a character in Barbara Willard's novel ''[[The Richleighs of Tantamount]]'' * [[Augusta (honorific)]]: bestowed on females of the Imperial dynasties of Ancient Rome * [[Josef Augusta]], a Czech paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer * [[Josef Augusta (ice hockey coach)|Josef Augusta]], a Czech ice hockey player and coach * [[Patrik Augusta]], a Czech ice hockey player ==Other meanings of Augusta== *[[Augusta (honorific)]], a title used for the Empresses of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Byzantine Empire]]s. *[[Augusta (plant)]] *[[Augusta (beer)]], from [[Germany]] * ''[[Historia Augusta]]'', the Latin name of ''Augustan History'', a half-mockumentary biography of the Roman Emperors of the 1st and 2nd century. *[[Augusta (spider)]] is a spider genus ([[Araneidae]]) *[[Augusta (comic)|''Augusta'' (comic)]], a long-running [[comic strip]] by [[Angus McGill]] and [[Dominic Poelsma]] * Augusta (band), a classical folk rock band from Toronto, Canada. * [[Augusta (cigar)]], a hard to find brand of cigar, manufactured in Brazil. * [[Augusta Heritage Festival]], an annual summer music and heritage festival in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ==See also== * [[Agusta]], the Italian helicopter manufacturer * [[Special:Allpages/Augusta]] * [[List of Latin place names in Europe]] * {{USS|Augusta}}, U.S. Navy ships named ''Augusta'' {{disambig}} [[Category:Feminine given names]] [[ar:أوغستا]] [[cs:Augusta]] [[da:Augusta]] [[de:Augusta]] [[et:Augusta]] [[es:Augusta]] [[eo:Augusta]] [[fr:Augusta]] [[gl:Augusta]] [[ko:오거스타]] [[it:Augusta]] [[he:אוגוסטה]] [[ku:Augusta]] [[la:Augusta (discretiva)]] [[nl:Augusta]] [[ja:オーガスタ]] [[no:Augusta]] [[pl:Augusta]] [[pt:Augusta]] [[ru:Августа]] [[scn:Augusta]] [[simple:Augusta]] [[sk:Augusta]] [[fi:Augusta]] [[sv:Augusta]] [[vo:Augusta]] [[zh:奥古斯塔]]